CAPE TOWN, Jan 26: Captain Graeme Smith hit 86 and Shaun Pollock produced a bowling masterclass as South Africa recorded a resounding 86-run win in the second One-day International against the West Indies at Newlands on Friday (also reported partially in Saturday’s edition).

Smith was the anchor in South Africa’s innings of 255 for nine and Pollock strangled the West Indian batsmen, taking two for 13 in ten overs to earn a standing ovation in his final appearance at the Newlands.

Pollock has announced his retirement at the end of the five-match series.The result, which put South Africa 2-0 ahead in the series, was a foregone conclusion long before the West Indian innings petered out at 169 with 10 balls remaining. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, batting with a runner for most of his innings, made 54 before being ninth out.

Earlier on Friday, the West Indies made a good start to the day/night match when fast bowler Jerome Taylor dismissed senior batsmen Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis inside the first five overs, reducing the hosts to 18 for two.

Smith shared stands of 91 with A.B. de Villiers (45) and 72 with Jean-Paul Duminy (68) as South Africa recovered. Taylor was easily the best West Indian bowler. He took four for 34 and bowled an excellent last over in which he conceded only one run while three wickets fell, including two run-outs.

Pollock started with two maidens to put the West Indians on the back foot from the start of their innings.

Then he had Brenton Parchment caught at backward point off the splice of his bat in his third over as Pollock put in a first spell of 7-3-10-1.

Promising fast bowler Morne Morkel took two wickets off successive balls and Pollock snuffed out any lingering hopes the tourists might have had when he came on for his second spell in the 31st over.

He again started with two maidens and his accuracy produced a run-out when Dwayne Bravo tried to get off strike. Then he bowled Denesh Ramdin to take his career tally to 390 wickets in 300 One-day Internationals.

Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICA:

G.C. Smith c Ramdin b Samuels 86

H.H. Gibbs c Ramdin b Taylor 5

J.H. Kallis c Chanderpaul b Taylor 7

A.B. de Villiers lbw b Sammy 45

J.P. Duminy run out 68

M.V. Boucher b Edwards 17

S.M. Pollock c Ramdin b Taylor 12

J. Botha c sub (Smith) b Taylor 3

M. Morkel run out 0

D.W. Steyn not out 1

C.K. Langeveldt not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-4, NB-1) 11

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 255

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-18, 3-109, 4-181, 5-221, 6-240, 7-254, 8-254, 9-255.BOWLING: Taylor 10-1-34-4 (1w); Edwards 10-1-55-1 (3w); Rampaul 3-0-33-0; Sammy 10-0-55-1 (1nb); Samuels 10-0-42-1; Chattergoon 7-0-30-0.

WEST INDIES:

B.A. Parchment c de Villiers b Pollock 8

S. Chattergoon c Boucher b Langeveldt 34

R.S. Morton c Steyn b Morkel 19

M.N. Samuels c Boucher b Morkel 2

S. Chanderpaul c Botha b Langeveldt 54

D.J. Bravo run out 11

D. Ramdin b Pollock 0

D.J.G. Sammy c Boucher b Morkel 21

R. Rampaul c Smith b Steyn 1

F.H. Edwards not out 8

J.E. Taylor c Steyn b Morkel 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-4, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (all out, 48.2 overs) 169

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-59, 3-64, 4-69, 5-97, 6-97, 7-134, 8-138 (Rampaul), 9-168.

BOWLING: Pollock 10-5-13-2; Steyn 10-0-35-1 (2w); Langeveldt 8-0-28-2; Morkel 8.2-0-36-4 (1nb, 2w); Botha 9-0-30-0; Kallis 3-0-22-0.

RESULT: South Africa won by 86 runs.

UMPIRES: B.G. Jerling (South Africa) and D.J. Harper (Australia).

TV UMPIRE: M. Erasmus (South Africa).

MATCH REFEREE: J. Srinath (India).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Shaun Pollock.

FIRST MATCH: Centurion, South Africa won by six wickets.

THIRD MATCH: Port Elizabeth, Jan 27.

FOURTH MATCH: Durban (D/N), Feb 1.

FIFTH MATCH: Johannesburg, Feb 3.

—AFP